Cigarette holder



May 1926. I

J. M. WELCH CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed oct.

Patented May 4, 1926.

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Application filed. October 20, 1922. Serial No. 595,801.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1," JOHN M. 'dYFLCI-I, a citizen of Canada, and aresident of New York city, borongh of Brookiyn, in the county of Kingsand State of-New York, have invented a new and Improved CigaretteHolder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This inv'entionrelates to improvements in cigarette holders of thegeneral character disclosed in my copending applications, Serial Nos.518,711 and 558,356, filed November 9, 1921, and May 4, 1922,respectively, one purpose of the present invention being to improve thebutt ejecting mechanism of the holder whereby to render the same moresanitary and less expensive to manufacture and assemble.

It is to be understood that the ejector mechanism works on the sameprinciple as that disclosed in my co-pending applications; that is, theejector member is adapted to be actuated by shaking the holderlongitudinally of its length.

ing of the holder and with other objects in view, the invention consists1n certain novel features of construction and combinations andarrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described andpointed out in the claims.

The accompanying drawing is a view in longitudinal section through myimproved holder.

Referring with particularity to the drawing, I have used the referencenumeral 1 todesignate the body of the holder which is externally taperedand flanged adjacent one end so that it may be conveniently gripped bythe teeth of a user.

An enlarged bore or chamber 2 is provided in the cigarette receiving endof the body, said bore communicating with and forming a continuation ofa relatively small smoke passage 8 adjacent the mouthpiece end of thebody. The walls of the small bore are screw-threaded as at 4 adjacenttheir point of communication with chamber 2. A. oylindrical guiding andretaining member 5 externally threaded at one end to fit thescrew-threaded portion 4 of the smoke pas-V sage provides mounting fora. cylindrical ejector 6 loosely fitting and telescoping thereon.Engaging lips 7, 8 at the inner end of the ejector 6 and outer end ofthe guide tor while the bore of the holder.

With the object of facilitating the clean the ejec- Vr wall of chamber 2the rearward movement thereof. 5

5 limit the fo ward movement of checks The ejector 6 'is' of course'su''lhci ently heavy to slide forwardly and eject the butt 5 of acigarette as the holder is shaken lon-i gitudin'allyof its length. I

, The, construction above described permits the hold r to be readilycleaned with an ordinary pipe cleaner. There is little tendency for theoils in the smoke to condense onthe exterior of the ejector or guidemember and interfere with the free sliding of the ejector since thesmoke passes through rather than around these members. The appearance ofthe holder is not affected in any wayby the provision of'the e ectorsince the ejecting mechanism-is entirely concealed within the I havecalled the device a because it is most commonly used as such, but theinvention of course contemplates similar constructions for use as cigarholders. The preferred embodiment only of'the invention is hereinillustrated. It will be evident that various changes and alterationsmight be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts describedwithout departing from the invention and hence, I do not wish to limitmyself to the precise details set forth, but shall consider myself atliberty cigarette holder to make such slight changes and alterations asfairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A holder of the class described having a smoke passageextendingtherethrough, a cylinder member fixed in said smoke passage, and acylindrical ejector telescoping upon said member. i

'2. A holder of the character described comprising a tubular memberformed with an enlarged chamber adapted to receive a cigar or cigarette,an ejector freely slidable in the chamber, and guiding means for guidingsaid ejector spaced from the walls of the chamber.

3. In a holder of the character described having a cigarette or cigarreceiving .cham-. ber therein, an ejector freely slidable in thechamber, and guiding means for said ejector spaced from'the'walls. ofthe chamber,

said uidin means com risin a hollow tube upon which the e ector slides.j

l. In a holder of .the character described having a cigarette or cigarreceiving chamber therein, an ejector freely slidable in the chamber,and guiding means for said ejector spaced from the Walls of the chamber,said guiding means comprising a hollow tube upon Which the ejectorslides and intercngaging stop means on the tube and ejector to limit thesliding movement of the ejector.

5. In a holder of the character stated having a smoke passage extendingtherethrough and having a cigarette receiving chamber in one end thereofwith which said passage communicates, a tubular guide member screwedinto the smoke passage, an ejector mounted to telescope on the guidemember, and means on the guide memoer'ior limiting the movement of theejector in one direction.

6. In a holder of the character stated havmg a smoke passage extendingtherethrough and having a cigarette receiving chamber in one end thereofwith which said passage communicates, a tubular guide member screwedinto the smoke passage, an ejector mounted to telescope on the uidemember, and means on the guide member for limiting the movement or" theejector in one direction, said ejector being engageable with the rearWall of the ci arette receiving chamber to limit its movement in theother direction.

'5. A holder of the class described having a smoke passage extendingtherethrougzh, ejector retaining means fined in the smoke and an ejectorfreely slidahle in the smoke passage and telescopically mounted uponsaid retaining means.

JOHN M. WnLon.

